■ Tuesday’s game was full of firsts. Antoan Richardson and Jose Pirela each hit their first home runs of the season. For Richardson, it was his first home run since 2012 when he was with Double-A Bowie. Austin Romine and Dean also picked up their first RBIs of the season. Also, Durham closer Kirby Yates gave up his first run of the season.

■ After collecting just four hits in the first two games of the series, including being no-hit, the RailRiders combined for 27 hits in the final two games. They belted out 17 hits in Monday’s 13-inning win to go along with their 10 hits Tuesday.

■ Yankees pitching prospect Manny Banuelos took another step on his road back from Tommy John surgery. The 23-year-old was promoted to Double-A Trenton and made his first start Tuesday night against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats. He threw three innings, allowed two hits and struck out four. In five games this season, Banuelos, who missed all of the 2013 season recovering from the surgery, started five games for Single-A Tampa and threw 12.2 innings, gave up four runs and struck out 14 while sporting a 2.84 ERA.

Next game

The RailRiders along with the rest of the International League are off today and will resume their eight-game road trip Thursday when they begin a four-game series against Norfolk at Harbor Park.

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